"We're not going to want to pay people to keep topping up their savings account for their trip to India when they graduate": Sheffield SU boss faces criticism from casual staff
A number of employees of Sheffield Students’ Union have told Forge Press that in a virtual roundtable for ‘core’ Sheffield SU staff on Friday 24 April, Booth said that they hoped a new Financial Support Scheme would only be used by staff facing financial hardship, because the SU are “not going to want to pay people to keep topping up their savings account for their trip to India when they graduate.” The comment came just a day after Booth announced to all staff that those furloughed would be moved to 80 per cent of their wages, with ‘core’ staff topped up to the Foundation Livi...